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Chapter 29 On the fourth day of the competition, however, Kyle and his teammates didn't fare so well. They lost the Bendable Bookworm medal to the Northeast team after a fierce game of Dewey Decimal Twister. The girl from Rhode Island, Cheryl Space, was extremely flexible. The Mid-Atlantic team, led by a skinny kid from Maryland named Elliott Schilpp, who could do some serious damage to a plate of food, scored the Eating It Up medal for reading while eating. In that game, played in the Book Nook Café, each team had to eat pizza while reading a

然而，在比赛的第四天，凯尔和他的队友们表现不太好。 在一场激烈的杜威十进制扭扭比赛后，他们把可弯曲书虫奖牌输给了东北队。 来自罗德岛州的女孩谢丽尔·斯佩斯(Cheryl Space)非常灵活。 中大西洋团队的领队是来自马里兰州的一个名叫埃利奥特·席尔普(Elliott Schilpp)的瘦弱孩子，他能把一盘食物弄坏，他们因边吃边看书而获得了“尽情享用”奖章。 在那个在Book Nook咖啡馆进行的游戏中，每队都必须一边吃披萨一边阅读

Newbery Honor book from way back in the 1960s that none of the players had ever read before. When the pizza was gone, they had to answer a whole series of comprehension questions. The Mid-Atlantic gang devoured their pepperoni pies the fastest and then nailed every single question about When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Kyle congratulated the kids from Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. "Thanks," they said, burping up pizza gas. On the bookmobile ride back to the Olympia Village motel, Kyle realized that, at the end of the fourth day and eighth game, there were only two days and four games left. Marjory Muldauer and the Midwest team hadn't picked up any new medals on day four, either, so Team Kyle was still in the lead. The Hometown Heroes had three medals. The Midwest team, starring Marjory Muldauer, had two.

纽伯瑞荣誉书，早在20世纪60年代，没有一个球员以前读过。 披萨吃完后，他们必须回答一系列理解性问题。 这群大西洋中部的人以最快的速度狼吞虎咽地吃着他们的意大利辣香肠馅饼，然后回答了关于施莱米尔去华沙的时候和艾萨克·巴什维斯·辛格的其他故事的每一个问题。 凯尔向来自马里兰州、弗吉尼亚州、特拉华州和宾夕法尼亚州的孩子们表示祝贺。 “谢谢，”他们一边说，一边吐出披萨的气。 在返回奥林匹亚村汽车旅馆的路上，凯尔意识到，在第四天第八场比赛结束时，只剩下两天四场比赛了。 马乔里·穆尔道尔和中西部队在第四天也没有获得任何新的奖牌，所以凯尔队仍然领先。 家乡英雄队获得了三枚奖牌。 由马乔里·穆尔道尔(Marjory Muldauer)主演的中西部队获得了两个奖项。

The Pacific, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast teams each had one. "You guys?" said Kyle after doing the mental math. "We only need to win two more medals and we're the champions!" Once again, Miguel started chanting that old song by Queen, "We Are the Champions." Akimi joined in. Sierra, too. Then the teammates belted out the chorus in four-part harmony. "We are the champions, my friend!" Kyle grinned. He was definitely looking forward to his next cake day.

太平洋队、中大西洋队和东北队各有一名队员。 “你们俩?”凯尔心算完后说。 “我们只需要再赢得两枚奖牌，我们就是冠军了!”米格尔又开始吟唱皇后乐队的那首老歌:“我们是冠军。” 明美也加入进来。塞拉。 然后队友们以四声部的和声高声合唱。 “我们是冠军，我的朋友!”凯尔咧嘴一笑。 他肯定很期待下一个蛋糕日。